I spent a few days in Florence visiting the Salvatore Ferragamo castle (yes, they have a castle) and I fell in love with the city. I stayed at the Lungarno Hotel just on the river Arno, a few steps away from Ponte Vecchio. I hadn’t been to Florence for many years, and I had forgotten how beautiful the city is, and how close-by the Tuscany country side is. Just looking out from a roof top terrace you can see the green hills of Tuscany and their many church towers. Oh, the point of this entry was to announce that ShopSavannahs.com will carry Salvatore Ferragamo starting 2014, something I have been looking forward to for some time. I love that Ferragamo himself invented the classic pump, and that Marilyn Monroe made it famous. I also love the way the brand carries through generations and never let’s go of it’s heritage.

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Had lunch in-house at the Alexander McQueen terrace after our buyers appointment. I mean, who has a terrace like this at their workplace?! It’s insane, I have to get me one. Also, McQueen has expanded their shoe collection for next spring, with some amazing styles I might add. You can always count on Alexander McQueen for good flats and fun details, but starting Spring 2014, they’ll also be the go-to-designer for supple natural leather sandals and a very directional design. Love it!

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London Fashion Week is happening as we speak, but I’m already around the next bend and planning for Paris. I’m making appointments at Margiela, Givenchy, Alaïa etc. and trying to find that cute hotel we stayed in last time, as well as scouting for the best flight times. It’s all got to fit into our tight schedule. We rarely have any extra time for anything when we’re doing appointments during fashion week, it can get quite hectic! However, I hope I’ll have time for mousse au chocolate at Chez Janou. So good.

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Because of the lack of pictures from my actual meeting at Manolo Blahnik in London, I’ll give you some sneakpeaks from the semi-recently opened Manolo Blahnik store at Harrod’s instead. They have this array of colors in the BB pump, the Hangisi and the Sedaraby. Loved it!

Also, the Laudrée café at Harrods is really pleasant, and the color variations they offer are just as delicious as the Manolos. I had pistachio and salted caramel. Not disappointed at all.

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So my plane leaves ridiculously early tomorrow morning to take me to London for meetings with the good people at the Louboutin offices and the Manolo offices. Good times. I don’t know really what to expect from Louboutin this time, at our last meeting we heard that Mr. Christian recently had nightmares over the studs he is so famous for. So, will the spikes and studs be gone this time? I would miss them, I think. I did like the way they turn my sweet flats into weapons of (small) destruction, but maybe enough is enough? I wonder what’ll come next. Florals? I’m not sure. I wish ruffles would make a comeback, he does them so well. Very Can Can. So french. Voulez vous?

What Manolo has in store for us I could never guess. Maybe I’ll walk into the presentation room and be greeted by feathers and crystal embellishments in the most unimaginable shapes and color-combinations? He is always surprising and incredibly creative in his designs. Sometimes a little difficult but never boring.

Both of these meetings are of that special kind that I am never allowed to take pictures of anything. I’ll try to get some shots in non-sensitive areas like the reception or perhaps up against a wall where there is nothing remotely interesting for anyone to copy. How about that? Nope, not super interesting, I know. Buhu that’s life.

The picture above is from the Manolo Blahnik SS13 collection press presentation.